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Health: Preventive Medicine

With all the improvements we’ve seen over the last few years in health care, whether through treatment or preventive medicine, heart disease remains the number one preventable cause of death in the western world.  And according to Canadian researchers, whether you are talking about Montana or Malaysia, the same risk factors - smoking, high cholesterol, obesity and high blood pressure - cause 90% of all heart attacks. In the past, it was believed that these particular risk factors could ...

Orange County, NY: Hayworth Defeats John Hall

In the 19th Congressional District of New York, covering Putnam County and parts of Westchester, Orange, Rockland and Dutchess, the Republican candidate, Dr. Nan Hayworth an opthalmologist and political novice, has defeated the two-term Democratic incumbent, John J. Hall. With 82 percent of precincts reporting, Dr. Hayworth has 54 percent of the vote to Mr. Hall's 46 percent. (Source: NY Times)

LA: Prop. 19 Headed To Defeat

California voters appear to have rejected Prop. 19, an effort to legalize marijuana and allow local governments to tax the sale of the drug. Prop. 19 received national attention, but relatively little money was spent on the campaign. While millions of dollars was spent on other ballot measures, the Prop. 19 campaign was modest by California political standards. Still, no issue received more attention around the state. The measure was opposed by law enforcement groups and elected officials ...

Ultra Liberal Dem Senator Russ Feingold Loses

Three-term U.S. Senator Russ Feingold lost his re-election bid in Wisconsin on Tuesday to Republican Ron Johnson, the NBC TV network projected, adding another seat to Republican gains in the chamber. Feingold, one of the most liberal members of the Senate, had trailed much of the race. He was challenged by Johnson, a businessman, over his support for President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul, and over government spending. Johnson's win will help Republicans narrow the Democrats' ...

Politico: Republican Victories Begin To Mount

Conservative standard-bearers captured a series of open Senate seats early Tuesday night, recording the Republican Party’s first victories in an election that’s expected to lead to a GOP takeover of the House and possibly the Senate as well. Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul, perhaps the year’s most prominent tea party candidate, was declared the winner in his state’s open-seat Senate race. Former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats won an easy victory over Democratic Rep. Brad Ellsworth, ...

US Senate Election Recap 12:24AM EST

REPUBLICANS WIN SENATE SEATS: AL, AR, AZ, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, OH, OK, KY, KS, LA, MO, ND, NH, PA, SC, SD, WI. DEMS WIN: CA, CT, DE, HI, MD, NY, WV. TOO CLOSE TO CALL: NV.

First Major Tea Party Victory: Rand Paul Will Win Ky. Senate Race

Republican candidate Rand Paul will win the Kentucky Senate race to score the first major victory of the night for the Tea Party movement, according to ABC News exit-poll projections. Paul beat Democrat Jack Conway after a bitter personal campaign that became one of the nastiest in the country. (Source: ABC News)

Polls Close in Parts of Indiana & Kentucky; Next Polls Close 7:00PM EST

Kentucky and Indiana are the first polls to close Tuesday on Election Night, followed by four states with competitive races that could provide a first glimpse at whether Republicans will take over the House -- and if the new majority will have swept in on a wave or a trickle. Republicans need 39 seats to gain a majority, but those in the predictions racket have been estimating somewhere between the mid 40s to the mid-60s for GOP pickups. Next polls close at 7:00PM EST. (Source: Fox ...

Councilman Greenfield Furious That New Ballots Discriminate Against Seniors

Brooklyn - Councilman David Greenfield is lashing out at the Board of Elections for creating ballots with small print that are unreadable to many voters. In order to cram in a lot of information on a very small ballot, the Board of Elections decided to shrink the font size of the ballot. “The Board of Elections should have known that this would be a problem,” said Councilman Greenfield. “I have spoken with many exasperated seniors who are upset because they were unable to vote properly ...

Koch & Bloomberg Campaign For Donovan

Former Mayor Ed Koch, who knows a thing or two about running for office in New York, didn’t hesitate to raise his voice while campaigning for Republican attorney general hopeful Dan Donovan at Grand Central Terminal on Tuesday morning. “Come on over! Say hello! Como on over,” Koch bellowed, his voice ricocheting off the walls of the terminal’s cavernous main concourse as commuters whisked by shortly after 8 a.m. “Hello everybody! Come on over,” he repeated over and over. ...

CNN: Democrats Sweat As Voting Begins

President Barack Obama made a last-ditch effort to save the Democratic majorities in Congress on Tuesday, as voters seemed poised to deliver landslide victories to the Republican Party. He phoned in to three high-profile radio shows and taped a message for AOL users, saying his "ability to work on behalf of middle-class families is going to be hampered if I do not have people in Congress who want to cooperate." But polls suggest that's just what the president won't get in these elections, ...

Republicans Give Access, Dems Hunker Down For Election Night

Judging by the ground rules established by the political parties concerning how the Washington press corps covers today's election-related events inside the Beltway, Democrats are probably preparing for a tough night, while Republicans are gearing up for what could be an historic election. House Democrats and Republicans are each holding various press events today, but Democrats have been careful to control media access on election night, in anticipation of a vote count that analysts have ...

Coalition Provides Last-Minute Primer On New Voting System

A coalition of good-government groups just released tips for the state’s new voting system of paper ballots and scanners, which is in use statewide for the first time this year. 1- Don’t try to cross out or erase any mistakes you might make on your paper ballot, request a new ballot instead; 2- All poll sites will also have ballot marking devices – terminals that can help guide voters needing assistance, or voters in general, through the ballot and offer numerous accessibility ...

AP: Democratic Control Is On The Line

The Democratic Congress that enacted President Barack Obama's far-reaching health care law and plowed staggering sums into economic relief is at risk Tuesday in an election that promises to shake up the political order across the nation. Republicans buoyantly forecast a new era of shared governance, two years after Democrats sealed victory in the presidency, the House and the Senate and set about reshaping the agenda in a time of severe recession and war. Democrats did not seriously dispute ...

Where Is Hillary? 9,000 Miles Away From Dem Disaster

Although former President Bill Clinton has held more than 100 election events, his wife is unable to campaign because of her foreign policy role. She is currently on a two-week tour of Asia and Australasia that includes stops in Vietnam, Cambodia, China, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and Australia. In Siem Reap in Cambodia yesterday, Mrs Clinton met a group of about 50 victims of human trafficking at an American-funded facility and promised continued American support. Have you ...

WSJ: Rebel Movement Takes Center Stage

For America's political establishment, Scott Brown's victory in the U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts became a warning flare: The tea party was a force to be reckoned with. For Larry Lynch, it was a personal awakening. Mr. Lynch didn't even live in Massachusetts. He was 1,100 miles away in Brunswick, Ga. A retired immigration enforcement agent, he had joined the Golden Isles Tea Party, he says, because "the government has gone too far" in spending and bailouts to big companies. "All of ...

NYT: Battle For Congress Comes To An End

Even for a nation that is, by now, used to drinking in political news through a fire hose, election night on Tuesday could be a difficult one to absorb. More than 500 House, Senate and governor’s races will be decided, if not by the end of the night, then over the course of the nail-biting days ahead as write-in ballots are counted and recounts are requested. Beyond the individual results, the nation will be looking at the returns for answers to bigger questions: Was this election about ...